Φιλοκτήτης
Φιλοκτήτης, Philoctetes
Φιλο·κτήτης, ου (ὁ) [ῐ] Philoktètès (Philoctète) compagnon d’Hèraklès, Il. 2, 718, 725 ; Od. 8, 219, etc. ; titre d’une tragédie de Sophocle ||
➳ Voc. Φιλοκτῆτα, Soph. Ph. 432 ; gén. épq. -αο [ᾱ] Il. 2, 725 ; Pd. P. 1, 50, etc.
Étym. φ. κτάομαι.
Φιλοκτήτης
- (ἀγλαός, ἄναξ, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς).
- Son of Poeas (see Ποιάντιος).
- Leader of the men of Methone, etc., but left at Lemnos suffering from the bite of a water-snake and his place taken by Medon-1 Il. 2.718,
- the Greeks destined to bring him to Troy to their aid 725: his safe return from Troy Od. 3.190;
- his skill in archery Od. 8.219.
Φιλοκτήτης : Philoctētes, son of Poeas, from Meliboea in Thessaly. A famous archer, he possessed the bow and arrows of Heracles, without which Troy could not be taken. On the way to Troy he was bitten by a serpent in the island of Chryse, near Lemnos, and the Greeks left him behind sick in Lemnos, Il. 2.718, 725, Od. 3.190, Od. 8.219.